Repeat marijuana offender jailed

Friday

Nov 15, 2013 at 5:00 PMNov 15, 2013 at 5:19 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

An 18-year-old Adrian man caught with marijuana in June after pleading guilty to illegally selling it in April tested positive for the drug when he appeared for sentencing Friday in Lenawee County Circuit Court. A six-month jail term was handed down to Christopher James Yuen.

Yuen sought a probation sentence. He had just completed a 90-day jail sentence for violating bond conditions after pleading guilty to the April offense. He was released two days earlier from a jail term he told the court was “the longest and toughest experience I have ever had to go through.”

Yuen said he realized during his jail stay he had to change his behavior.

“I was selling and using marijuana and I wasn’t paying attention to what was important in life,” he said.

Before passing sentence, Pickard ordered a drug test that came back positive for marijuana.

Yuen was placed on five years’ probation in addition to six more months of jail. He was ordered to pay $1,250 court costs and his license was suspended 30 days and restricted 150 days.